Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City (Paperback) Book

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Providing the inspiration and source material for the HBO series -- produced by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter -- Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City (Paperback) is a riveting and wide-reaching history that explores the sordid past of Atlantic City. A colorful cast of powerful characters, led by Commodore¯ Kuehnle and Nucky Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Get the unflinching story in the bestselling, paperback Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City.

Everything you would ever want to know about the sand dunes turning into one magnificate City. From the selling of the land by the Indians to a farmer, to the actual building of the first Hotel, the building of the railroads and the plight of the Blacks after the Civil War....amazing read! Covers the complete History of the resort known as Atlantic City